Also, 15 states have exited the active phase of the outbreak, while seven: Edo, Delta, Ondo, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kogi and Imo states remain active.

However, the NCDC, in the reporting week 41, noted that no new healthcare worker was infected. 40 health care workers have been affected since the onset of the outbreak in seven states of Ebonyi (16), Edo (15), Ondo (four), Kogi (two), Nasarawa (one), Taraba (one) and Abia (one) with ten deaths in Ebonyi (six), Kogi (one), Abia (one), Ondo (one) and Edo (one).

The centre added that 82 per cent of all confirmed cases are from Edo with 46 per cent, Ondo, 23 per cent and Ebonyi, 13 per cent.